A miner died at Big Hope Backdam, at Waini, Region One, after a tree fell and pinned him on Monday.
Dead is Marquez Cornelius, a 29-year-old resident of Charity Housing Scheme, and an employee of Singh’s Mining Operations.
A Guyana Police Force report stated that Cornelius was prospecting at the backdam on Monday, around 10.35, when he was pinned as a result of a tree falling.